Burley Lodge volunteer wins prestigious award
Sally Taylor (left) with Advice Service Manager Ann Richardson Greaves and Ian Powell, Chair and Senior Partner of PwC UK
Debt Advice volunteer , Sally Taylor, has received a prestigious national volunteering award from her employers, PricewaterhouseCoopers.
At the Volunteering Excellence Awards in London last month, Sally won the Sustained Involvement Award in recognition of over seven years of commitment and support to the work of the Centre. The award is open to all PwC employees who have demonstrated a high level of commitment and positive impact as a volunteer for at least five years.
Sally, who is also a Director of the charity and Honorary Treasurer, gives over 300 hours of her time every year to help advise people with debt issues from around the City. As a Director she also helps to ensure that the charity continues to develop and meet the needs of the local community.
Ann and Sally with the award.
PwC duly recognised Sally’s commitment and fantastic support for the Centre and the people of Leeds. Furthermore, in winning the award, Sally has raised £5,000 for Burley Lodge Centre Advice Service; money that will go towards a much needed IT-based case management system for the Advice Service.
Ann Richardson Greaves, who manages the Advice Service at the Centre, said, "Sally makes an extremely valuable and positive contribution to the advice team and we consider ourselves really lucky to have her", also saying that the new IT system would "enable us to work much more efficiently".
Well done Sally and thank you!